INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATION
YEMEN
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sam
(user currently living in JORDAN)
posted for
gay
readers
on 23/04/2012
tagged with at the work place, laws and leadership , sexual orientation
i am a Yemeni guy , i am 24 years old, live in Aden, and finished studying in Jordan this year, i am taking a training to stay as possible as i can but i can't tolerate the cost of my sitting abroad, plus i can't come back to my country Yemen to live a normal life while i am gay, in Yemen all the community have a bad look at gay people, they don't respect us at all, and if u are not strong enough to shout on the community face(( no one did so)), most gay had bad stories as me, abusing, beating, and abundance from family, friends and all people talk on you as a shame, because we are gay, i am still waiting to my destiny to change and have my rights i can't go back to my country i feel scare of what is going to happen to me if anyone knows i am gay, and i can't to stay in Jordan for more time i can tolerate one month else but no more. this is my short story while i have lot of stories.
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Maher
(user currently living in YEMEN)
posted for
gay
readers
on 27/04/2010
tagged with at the work place, health, gender identity, sexual orientation, illegality of male to male relationships
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Dear Sir
Greetings
my name is Maher , I'm Yemeni boy 19 old years i live in Yemen-Sana'a
I lost my family and friends and community when they hear that I'm Gay .i left home year ago when father tried to kill me
, currently I come out from prison i have been jailed from Sept last time till 13th of Jan really i have been raped and hited and
i was sick at prison without no care not medicine. anyway i was patient
I went to many originations in here Yemen and when i told them about
my case they're jeering at me and tell me go home and let your father forgive you
.now I'm following about by Yemeni tribes trying to kill me and searching about me and I'm escaping from city to city ,
also there is a press following my case and put about me in news paper and they don't get photo of me yet
if they go photo of me and put it on press it will be my end of my life everybody will follow me and trying to get wage as you know I'm a Muslim and i live in Muslim country and they don't accept like this
I hate this life and I don't want to live like this again i lost my future and my childhood and everyone in my age has it
I'm trying to make my decision .
many thanks for your attention and your time
regards
Maher
+967.735614997
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Greetings
my name is Maher , I'm Yemeni boy 19 old years i live in Yemen-Sana'a
I lost my family and friends and community when they hear that I'm Gay .i left home year ago when father tried to kill me
, currently I come out from prison i have been jailed from Sept last time till 13th of Jan really i have been raped and hited and
i was sick at prison without no care not medicine. anyway i was patient
I went to many originations in here Yemen and when i told them about
my case they're jeering at me and tell me go home and let your father forgive you
.now I'm following about by Yemeni tribes trying to kill me and searching about me and I'm escaping from city to city ,
also there is a press following my case and put about me in news paper and they don't get photo of me yet
if they go photo of me and put it on press it will be my end of my life everybody will follow me and trying to get wage as you know I'm a Muslim and i live in Muslim country and they don't accept like this
I hate this life and I don't want to live like this again i lost my future and my childhood and everyone in my age has it
I'm trying to make my decision .
many thanks for your attention and your time
regards
Maher
+967.735614997
